Assistive Technology Specialist - Swaaac

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Job Posting Title:

Assistive Technology Specialist

• SWAAAC

Job Description:

Serves students entitled to special education services/504 accommodations across all levels (Preschool-21) who require universal, targeted, and intensive intervention. Responsible for assessments for assistive technology, reporting on findings, consulting with school teams to plan intervention and collect data, training other professionals and team members, as well as students. Develops and promotes good community relations among various district and community clientele.

Position Specific Information (if Applicable):

Responsibilities:

• -- Attend training sessions, conferences, seminars, department and district meetings to keep abreast of changing developments, trends, assistive, instructional, and educational technologies.
• -- Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
• -- Provide itinerant district-wide assistive technology consultation, coaching and implementation of communication programming including augmentative, and alternative communication techniques and assistive technology to all stakeholders.
• -- Establish and maintain effective cooperative relationships with school personnel, students, and parents.
• -- Have strong aptitude to program communication devices, and learn new technologies as they evolve.
• -- Work collaboratively to plan for Individual Education Programs that implement evidenced based differentiated and innovative instruction aligned to the Guaranteed Viable Curriculum (GVC's) to support academic growth, positive social relationships, functional communication, and positive behavior for learning to promote educational access.
• -- Coordinate the delivery of AT services with classroom teachers, special education staff and other providers to ensure continuity and consistency in providing comprehensive special education services to students.
• -- Perform other clerical and technology duties to include loading software onto devices and troubleshooting software and equipment.

Certifications:

Teacher License

• Special Education Endorsement

• Colorado Department of Education, Teacher License

• Special Education Endorsement

• Colorado Department of Education

• Colorado Department of Education

Education:

Bachelor's Degree (Required), Master's Degree

Position Type:

Regular

Primary Location:

West Support Center

One Year Only (Yes or No):

No

Scheduled Hours Per Week:

40

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE):

1.00

Approx Scheduled Days Per Year:

185 Work Days

Full Salary Range:

$60,093.00 USD - $128,547.00 USD Annual

Position Salary Schedule Eligibility:

Specialist/Extremely Hard to Hire

Licensed position salaries are set based on one of three salary schedules; General, Hard to Hire, and Specialist/Extremely Hard to Hire. DCSD will award up to 7 years of previous licensed teaching experience at the time of hire. Click HERE to view the current DCSD Licensed Salary Schedules*.

• *All salary amounts listed on the schedules are based on a full-time (1.0) FTE. If applicable, part-time salaries will be prorated according to the assigned FTE.

Benefits:

This position is eligible for health, vision, dental, health savings account (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident voluntary insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options.

Time Off Plans:

This position is eligible for paid sick and personal time.

This position will be open until filled, but will not be open past:

June 11, 2024